Android App Updates Week of September 20th, 2013

Google Adsense

Google updated their Adsense app this week. For those that aren’t familiar with Adsense, it’s how most websites make money. This way you can check your earnings straight from your tablet or phone. Here’s the changelog from Google Play

– AdSense reporting timezone – the figures in the app will now respect your timezone setting, and match the Home tab on the AdSense website

– Lifetime earnings support in all the reports

– Translations to 24 languages

– The notifications counter fix

Springpad

This week, Springpad also got a pretty hefty update. It’s not sitting at version 4.1.0. Springpad is a note-taking app that competes with Evernote and Google Keep. Here’s the changelog from Google Play

– Quick compose: Long press on the + button to quickly create a new note

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Trillian

Trillian is one of those tried and true apps. Many of us were probably using Trillian before Android even existed. It’s an instant messaging app that works on desktops, phones and tablets. And it syncs between all three. This week it got a nice update:

– Modernized user interface with ICS+ compatibility.

– Easily start group chats with your friends who also use Trillian.

– Optionally import names and photos from your address book.

– For the Trillian network, appear as mobile to your Trillian contacts.

– Shiny new emoticons.

– Manage and view all connected devices.

– Compatibility with in-house Trillian Server deployments.

– Improvements for Yahoo! and MSN connectivity.

Google Drive

Drive is probably one of our most favorite apps here at Android Headlines. We use Drive for just about everything. So it’s great to see it getting updates. This weeks update brought a new light theme for the app and a few other improvements.

– New light theme for Drive

– New quick action bar for faster creating, scanning and uploading

– Swipe to refresh

– Customize number formats and freeze/unfreeze in spreadsheets

– Improved upload reliability

– Bug fixes and visual improvements

Get Glue

If you’re not using Get Glue, why not? Get Glue is basically Foursquare for TV. It allows you to check in to movies, TV shows, podcasts and much more. The app got a complete redesign this week to look more holo and use a flatter design. I must say, it looks pretty good.

Show pages have a full list of episodes, combined activity feed & summaries

New Search & Discover lets you browse by genre and curated lists of the best TV shows & movies

Want to Watch feature tracks what to watch & sends reminders for new episodes, seasons on streaming & movie releases

Tumblr

I’m sure many of you use Tumblr. Well it got another update this week. Mostly bug fixes, but it does bring in some push notifications for when you get likes, reblogs, replies and new followers, which is a great thing to see. Here’s the full changelog from Google Play

– See the latest activity on your blog

– Get push notifications for likes, reblogs, replies, and new followers.

Firefox

Firefox also got a nice update this week. If you don’t know what Firefox is, you must be living under a rock. Its a web browser, that quite a few people use on their desktop, and this week the mobile version got even better.